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LepiMAP:   25290
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2428DA
Observer:   Willis C.K.
Date of record:   2012-08-25
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Feeding on flowers of the Black Thorn (Acacia mellifera subsp. detinens), one of the few plants flowering. Veld very dry and not much flying about at the moment.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   458120
Species name:   Cigaritis ella
Common name:   Ella's silverline -- Dowweband streepvlerkie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Ella's Bar
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-25290
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 25290 - photo: 1
VM-number: 25290 - photo: 2
VM-number: 25290 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Christopher Willis
Comment:  
Date:   2012-08-25 21:44:00
Species name:   Cigaritis ella -- Ella's silverline; Dowweband streepvlerkie
Species code:   458120

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